I have an external WD 3TB hard drive,WDBACW0030. Can anyone tell me if it will work with this router. There compatibility list only shows one HDD.
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I have a 2TB HDD connected to a Netgear router. According to the literature, the 2TB is the upper limit of what can be supported with a direct connection to a router. You should, however, be able to connect the 3TB unit directly to your PC. I had read where Windows now takes storage units greater then 2TB. That said, I'd do a search with BING or GOOGLE to verify that or, perhaps, talk to somebody at BEST BUY or similar.Good luck!
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I purchased a WNDR4700 and 3 t/b WD30EFRX hard drive it formatted and works fine. Software on the Netgear is another mater.
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It will work I have an enteral 3tb and the external USB 4tb seagate works fine...
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I have no idea what your basic needs for backup and storage are. IF you are asking whether this drive will connect to your cisco wireless router and function as you wish, first of all, there is no reason why it will not connect, but then that depends on your IP addressing (as discussed in my review). As to the backup application included with this drive, I do not use that backup, I use another application that automatically backs up my entire network to my server that works flawlessly. As to storage, my review of the 3TB version of this drive attests to that the drive will run as it should as I have stored over 2TB of music on the drive. The music plays without interruption whenever I turn it on, streaming it to 4 separate sound systems, symultaneously, and will play, shuffling songs at random (as I have selected the player to do) until I turn it off, 24/7 if I would like, never missing a beat. Windows 7 should recognize the drive immediately (depending on if your IP addressing is DHCP) but you will have to reconfigure the addressing to fit your router if you are using private addressing. In my cased, my network is entirely private addressing, and that was the main subject of my review of the 3TB drive. It took some work to get it configured, but once configured, no problems ever (yet).
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Thanks for the information. Unfortunately I have already returned the DIR 655. Secure Spot....Hmmmm. Not quite sure what that is. Unfortunate that when I contacted D-Link about the problem that they did not mention this. Seems odd that the router would work with all of the computers on the wireless network, but would not work with the BD 390. Oh well, guess I will purchase another router and try again.Thanks again
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I have 4 external hard drives hooked up to my wndr3700v2 via a USB hub and the performance is very good. There seems to be a problem and about once a week I lose access to one of the hard drives, but rebooting the router fixes that. Hopefully that problem will get fixed in a future firmware release. *** Update *** I had Netgear replace my router with a new one to address some buggy behavior. The new one has the same issues. This router is just a little rough around a few edges. Regarging the USB HDD performance, I am quite happy with it with the exception that is seems to lose the connection to one of the hard drives on Sundays (SERIOUSLY). *** Update 2 *** I discovered that there is a sleep feature in my Seagate external USB hard drives. I disabled that using the Seagate/Iomega utility and my NAS performance has been great with no disconnects. Currently I have 3 USB hard drives connected via a powered USB hub and am happy with it.
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I have three WD Passport 2TB drives working flawlessly with this hub. The drives were purchased from various sources and at different times over the last year.
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It does not work with a Seagate 1.5TB thick portable drive, keeps disconnecting when read/write to it. When connecting a small drive like WD 1TB, 80% of the time will be fine, but it disconnects as well. No matter what power adapter you use! I even tried to use a powered USB hub. It can read and recognize external drives connecting to a USB hub, but it will disconnect from time to time with no apparent reason.
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I used 2 in external storage boxes and 2 in an NAS. All worked fine. All the data sheet on the following link shows is SATA 3Gb/s interface. http://www.hgst.com/hard-drives/enterprise-hard-drives/enterprise-sata-drives/ultrastar-a7k2000
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You can find answers about this router and its brother, the F7D8301 at Belkin's website. The only difference is the other has 2 USB ports. Works great for adding a external USB printer or HDD. Although, security options on these routers is a little weak compared to comparable routers the price is good and there hasn't been an update on the firmware for several years.
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I'm using 5 of these... WD Red 3TB NAS Desktop Hard Disk Drive - Intellipower SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD30EFRXI've had no problems out of them since installing back in June (2013). I think you can format up to 10GB of usable space with Synology's RAID "method".I'm using the DS710+ as my main NAS controller. It has an additional 2x 2TB drives installed in it. I have the entire system connected to an APC UPS via the USB connector. Pretty much all automated shutdown/recover in case of power failure.Bill I'm using 5 of these... WD Red 3TB NAS Desktop Hard Disk Drive - Intellipower SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD30EFRXI've had no problems out of them since installing back in June (2013). I think you can format up to 10GB of usable space with Synology's RAID "method".I'm using the DS710+ as my main NAS controller. It has an additional 2x 2TB drives installed in it. I have the entire system connected to an APC UPS via the USB connector. Pretty much all automated shutdown/recover in case of power... » Read More I'm using 5 of these... WD Red 3TB NAS Desktop Hard Disk Drive - Intellipower SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD30EFRXI've had no problems out of them since installing back in June (2013). I think you can format up to 10GB of usable space with Synology's RAID "method".I'm using the DS710+ as my main NAS controller. It has an additional 2x 2TB drives installed in it. I have the entire system connected to an APC UPS via the USB connector. Pretty much all automated shutdown/recover in case of power failure.Bill « Show Less
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Yes, depending on your setup. It is a hardware raid, so that means that you can set it up so that whichever device you plug it into will just see it as a large hard drive. It really depends on the router. What this device can't do is act as it's own NAS--you essentially just need to think of this device as a large USB hard drive, and then find a solution that works with it.
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I have Sata II WD Black drives in mine. However I would suggest a different Raid bay. This one has its own raid card and it works intermittently. There is a lack of support for the card and its very cumbersome.
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I have 4 Western Digital Red 3TB drives in mine. It has been running non-stop since I bought it. The best investment I've made in computer hardware in long time. Segate and Western digital will both work in it. Not sure if differnt size drives will work though.
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I installed an internal 3tb drive with no problems, all 3 tb useable. Firmware Version 1.0.1.52 will support 4tb external, but I'm not sure about internal. I would think it would.
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No, I am using it in a non-raid setup. I did try to use it with a 2 TB drive as a 4th drive. It didn't work. I then put a 500 MB drive on it and it worked. I put the 2 TB directly on a standard sata port.
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This NAS does not ship with hard drives. You can view a full compatible list here:http://www.qnap.com/i/en/product_x_grade/product_intro.php?g_cat=1&II;=117&hf;=oldI purchased two of these from Amazon Warehouse, and both work flawlessly.WD Red 3 TB NAS Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, SATA III, 64 MB Cache - WD30EFRX
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Well I tried connecting a drive to the router. Works fine. You'll need the PDF manual found online (not in my box or CD) to set it up. You'll probably not figure it out without it. I connected a WD320 as well as a WD500 through a 5-port passive stick hub. The router sees both drives and labels them Drive 1 and Drive 2. You have plenty of options to customize directories as well as protect who gets access to them. You can also indidually assign passwords to users and assign access to guests. The drives I plugged in already have data on them. There is an option to format the drive when you plug it in. Make sure you do NOT do this because you will lose any/all information on the drive itself. Transfer speed is fairly consistent to other NAS out there. The Linksys E3000 does keep a listing of the master directory and can peruse it on an user inputted basis to keep the directory updated. When you access the drive of course you will have the lag associated with the drive itself starting up. Watching movies streamed from either drive via wireless N was pretty good with only a hiccup or two over an hour show. I'm sure YMMV over distance you are from the router. My router is downstairs at the front of my house. Unbelievably, I get 5 bars upstairs at the rear of the residence - not like that WRT110 or WRT600N. On a side note, I can only acquire 130mbps, not the 300 advertised on the box. I was getting 300 through my WRT600N and WRT110N routers. Perhaps thats an issue to take up with Linksys Tech Support (oh boy..) Other than that good router overall. I paid $194.38 at Staples last week. They may see it returned shortly. The same router is a much better deal here on Amazon than here. If you need networked attached storage, this is a good router to purchase.
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Yes. It is actually a very good router. The ability to add a USB3 external disk is a great feature that allows you to add storage without updating your PC -- just plug the external storage device into the router and it's added automatically. However, if you don't need the extra storage, you might save a bit of money by buying a Netgear unit without it. Mine works great. Once you attach the device it will show up as a Network Device (READYSHARE) on Windows Explorer. Click READYSHARE on Windows Explorer and, after the file opens, click it and then MAP NETWORK DRIVE.